Investigators call Utah-Idaho crime spree among largest they've seen
Salt Lake Tribune
By Janelle Stecklein For nearly six weeks this fall, they crisscrossed the Utah-Idaho border, terrorizing strangers in their paths. The thieves left one Logan woman cowering in her bed, ambushing and then robbing her while she had been asleep.

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Montana has plenty of white-tailed deer, but not with trophy racks
Billings Gazette
Across the border in Idaho, where there is no quota, rifle hunters have taken 212 wolves and trappers have caught another 63. That includes 108 wolves in the three hunting districts along the border with Montana between Canada and Lost Trail Pass.

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This Week's Rent: Finding love in the darndest places
Wicked Local
The versatile filmmaker Gus Van Sant (Oscar-nominated for “Milk” and “Good Will Hunting”) seems most at home in the alienated world of Portland, Ore. teenagers (“My Own Private Idaho,” “Elephant”), and that's where this surprisingly tender romance is ...

Idaho continues debate on allowing guided hunting for waterfowl, turkeys
The Spokesman Review (subscription)
Since 1988, Idaho sportsmen have opposed proposals to allow guides to book hunters for waterfowling and wild turkey hunts. Idaho officials have wrestled for years with proposals that would allow guided hunting for waterfowl and turkeys.

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Montana has plenty of deer, but not with trophy racks
The Missoulian
Across the border in Idaho, where there is no quota, rifle hunters have taken 212 wolves and trappers have caught another 63. That includes 108 wolves in the three hunting districts along the border with Montana between Canada and Lost Trail Pass.

BOW HUNTER FINED IN DEATH OF LION
U-T San Diego
He's in the process of getting his bow back that the wardens confiscated. The wardens never took his hunting license or his A-22 archery tag, but Rucker said he's done hunting in San Diego County. Rucker was born and raised in Idaho.

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The Idaho Statesman
'Boise lost a good friend': Micron CEO Steve Appleton's death shook his ...
The Idaho Statesman
I think despite the fact that we have gone through difficult times, it's an incredible story,” Appleton told the Idaho Press-Tribune in 2008. “Micron is a legend. People gave us up for dead in the '80s, and we have continued to grow and acquire and ...

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California bow hunter pleads guilty to killing mountain lion
U-T San Diego
He's in the process of getting his bow back that the wardens confiscated. The wardens never took his hunting license or his A-22 archery tag, but he decided he was done hunting in San Diego County, forever. Rucker was born and raised in Idaho.

Important part of living is keeping the dream alive
Idaho State Journal
Two years of planning have finally brought me to the pinnacle of my hunting experience. I've crawled at least three hundred yards across the tundra in another attempt to get close enough for a shot. This is a smaller herd than some of the others I've ...

Trappers, citizens beware
Lewiston Morning Tribune (subscription)
The recent addition of Idaho hunting Unit 10A to areas open to wolf trapping has the potential to produce conflicts between trappers and other user groups. Idaho Fish and Game officials are urging those who set wolf traps there to be aware of hound ...

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Hunting and fishing
The Spokesman Review
The Clearwater River in Idaho has seen good steelheading between Orofino and Lenore. Anglers drifting bait or Corkies and yarn do best. “Washington steelhead” should be stacking up at the mouth of the Grande Ronde near Heller Bar to head upstream to ...

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Wolf hunt numbers up; state wants them higher
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
By KATHERINE WUTZ Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials say they are "encouraged" by the state's wolf harvest so far, but further control actions may be needed to keep elk populations up in parts of the state. Hunters and trappers have killed 266 ...

Frank Corbridge Smith
Pinedale Roundup
16, 1931 in Turner, Idaho, Frank Corbridge Smith was the oldest of six children. He was raised in the Grace, Idaho area until he joined the US Navy on July 10 1948, where he served on the USS Valley Forge CV45 and received an honorable discharge in ...

Now's the Time to Apply for Spring Turkey Hunts
Twin Falls Times-News
Hunters may apply for controlled hunts at any hunting and fishing license vendor, Fish and Game office, or online at fishandgame.idaho.gov. The application fee is $6.25 per person for residents, $14.75 for nonresidents. Spring 2012 bear controlled hunt ...

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Chukar hunt opening day; campfire gathering; and Diva Day at Brundage
The Idaho Statesman
Idaho Fish and Game commissioners on Jan. 26 set the bag limit at eight chukars, and increased the possession limit for all upland birds to three times the daily bag limit. Commissioners changed fall turkey hunts in Southwest Idaho from a general ...

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The Spokesman Review
Fish and Game:Tag Sale Trend a Concern
Twin Falls Times-News
BOISE • The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is selling fewer hunting tags to non-residents and more tags at a discount, a concern for its budget. That's according to testimony Tuesday by Fish and Game Director Virgil Moore, who presented his ...
Deer and elk outlook for 2012 hunting seasonsKIVI-TV
Drop in non-resident license sales crimps revenue at Fish & GameThe Spokesman Review (blog)

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Hunting, yes. Trapping, no.
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
If Mr. Gaither is so opposed to the presence of wolves, I suspect he probably carries a wolf hunting permit. So I am not sure what his complaint is; Idaho is not interfering with his right to hunt these animals. But I must say, I prefer the word "hunt" ...

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KVAL
First Canada lynx in 15 years found in Idaho
Chicago Tribune
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Canada lynx has been documented in Idaho for the first time in over 15 years when the imperiled cat was inadvertently caught in a foot-hold trap in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, state wildlife officials said on Tuesday ...
First Canadian lynx seen in Idaho's Salmon-Challis forest since '91 | The RepublicThe Republic

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The Spokesman Review
Deer and elk outlook for 2012 hunting seasons
KIVI-TV
By Jaclyn Brandt Deer and elk numbers are meeting management objectives in most parts of the state, but some hunter numbers are down slightly, Fish and Game officials told the Idaho Fish and Game Commission Thursday, January 26.
Fish and Game:Tag Sale Trend a ConcernTwin Falls Times-News
Drop in non-resident license sales crimps revenue at Fish & GameThe Spokesman Review (blog)

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Wolf hunting closing in parts of Montana bordering Glacier National Park after ...
The Republic
Montana officials are closing down wolf hunting in parts of northwestern Montana bordering Glacier National Park after hunters filled the area's two-animal quota. Hunting closes after sunset Wednesday in portions of Lincoln and Flathead counties west ...

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